Triton Mind - APU - UC San Diego

UC San Diego

Sport Psychology & Mental Health

Mission Statement

The mission of Sport Psychology and Mental Health is to assist each scholar-athlete with becoming more resilient so that they can achieve their academic and athletic potential while learning how to be leaders on their teams, in their social groups and for their lifetime.

Sport Psychology and Mental Health Services

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Individual Mental Skills Consultations
Scholar-athletes have the opportunity to meet with a mental skills coach one-on-one, where they can receive coaching, skill development, feedback, and support.
Mental skills coaches individualize each session for the scholar-athlete and promote skills that are applicable not only to sport, but life as well. Common topics include, but are not limited to, performance anxiety, confidence, consistency, energy management, goal setting, imagery and visualization, leadership, mindful behavior, motivation, relaxation techniques, team roles, transitions, translating practice performance in competition performance, and values.

Team Mental Skills Workshops
The topics are systematically developed and catered to the needs of each respective team, based on collaboration and both formal and informal assessment.
Workshops include mental skill instruction, group discussion, and self-reflective activities. These sessions are highly engaging and interactive, in which scholar-athletes can learn from each other, and can be conducted with the entire team or subgroups (e.g. based on position).
In addition to conducting ongoing team workshop sessions throughout the course of the year, a team’s mental skills coach will observe team practices, competitions, and meetings. These efforts exemplify a commitment to the mental skills coach being fully aware of team needs and group dynamics, as well as building strong relationships with those on the team.

Mindfulness Workshops
Mindful Student-Athlete workshops are offered twice a year by our certified mindfulness teacher Corrie Falcon. Workshops are designed to build resiliency and focus for our scholar-athletes both on and off the playing field.

Leadership Workshops
The mission of Triton Leadership Academy is to develop resilient and inclusive scholar-athlete leaders in sport and life. Scholar-athletes can participate in Emerging Leaders and Advanced Leaders 10-week workshops. Scholar-Athlete Development and Leadership, opens in new tab

Zen Resiliency Center
Triton Scholar-Athletes can take advantage of a space dedicated to resiliency practices such as meditation, breath-work, yoga, and prayer. Comfy chairs, meditation cushions, and guided audio available for scholar-athletes to use while on campus.
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